Subscribe to the latest research through IGI Global's new InfoSci-OnDemand Plus

InfoSci®-OnDemand Plus, a subscription-based service, provides researchers the ability to access full-text content from over 100,000 peer-reviewed book chapters and 26,000+ scholarly journal articles covering 11 core subjects. Users can select articles or chapters that meet their interests and gain access to the full content permanently in their personal online InfoSci-OnDemand Plus library.

When ordering directly through IGI Global's Online Bookstore, receive the complimentary e-books for the first, second, and third editions with the purchase of the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition e-book.

InfoSci®-Journals Annual Subscription Price for New Customers: As Low As US$ 5,100

This collection of over 175 e-journals offers unlimited access to highly-cited, forward-thinking content in full-text PDF and HTML with no DRM. There are no platform or maintenance fees and a guarantee of no more than 5% increase annually.

Description

The existence of the human race has created inevitable effects on our surrounding environment. To prevent further harm to the world’s ecosystems, it becomes imperative to assess mankind’s impact on and create sustainability initiatives to maintain the world’s ecosystems.

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the scientific, technical, and socio-economic factors related to climate change assessment. Providing a comprehensive overview of perspectives on sustainability protection of environmental resources, this book is ideally designed for policy makers, professionals, government officials, upper-level students, and academics interested in emerging research on climate change.

Topics Covered

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Agriculture

Carbon Footprint

Disaster Risk Management

Eco-Municipalities

Sustainable Land Use

Water Quality

Watershed Management

Reviews and Testimonials

Editors Ganpat and Isaac present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles on the latest scholarship on the scientific, socio-economic, and technical factors affecting contemporary climate change assessment. The thirteen selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to the role of eco-municipalities in climate change for a sustainable future, the impact of climate change on key agricultural pests, Indian national stategy for climate change adaptation and migration, and many other related subjects.

– Protoview Reviews

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies provides a useful overview of sustainable development, agricultural, and resource management adaptation strategies in the face of climate change threats. Recommended for academic and research libraries.

– Eric Tans, ARBA

Table of Contents and List of Contributors

Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography

Wayne Ganpat (PhD Agricultural Extension) is a Caribbean extension professional. Presently, he is a Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Extension and Communications at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to joining the UWI, he worked as an Extension Officer in the government extension service for over 20 years and left as the Deputy Director of Extension Services. He has worked as a consultant for governments in most Caribbean countries over the last 20 years doing work both in Extension and Communications.

Wendy-Ann Isaac is a Lecturer in Crop Production in the Department of Food Production, Faculty of Food and Agriculture at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Isaac received her BSc. MSc., and Ph.D. degrees from the UWI, St. Augustine and M.Appl.Sci. in Agronomy from Lincoln University, New Zealand. Her research interests include Sustainable crop production systems and Participatory action research techniques with small farmers. She has worked with Fairtrade banana small farmers in St. Vincent and The Grenadines using the Participatory Research methods as part of her PhD. studies. She has authored and co-authored papers on these topics, which have been published in both regional and international peer-reviewed journals and is the co-editor on three books including Sustainable Food Production Practices in the Caribbean Volumes 1 and 2 and The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Small Island Developing States.